Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement Facility

Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement Facility is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at Woy Woy, approximately 10km south of Gosford on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It was registered in August 2013 and covers an unknown area.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve the installation of gas collection systems to capture methane generated by decomposing organic waste. The captured methane is then combusted, often using an engine to generate electricity, which prevents the highly potent greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

The Woy Woy peninsula is primarily characterized by residential urban development and coastal recreation, bordered by the estuarine environment of Brisbane Water. The coastal region falls into a high rainfall classification, averaging roughly 1350mm of rain annually. Local environmental conditions feature predominantly loose, highly permeable sandy soils with a very shallow groundwater table, as well as localized pockets of acid sulfate soils.

The facility operates an active gas collection system capturing emissions from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Over its operational life, the project has transitioned through multiple methodology variations to remain compliant with updated scheme rules, most recently migrating to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021 in April 2022. Originally managed by AGL Energy Services Pty Ltd, the project's proponent was officially varied to LMS Energy Pty Ltd, one of Australia's largest landfill gas contractors, in November 2023. Furthermore, an associated Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC210760) secured in April 2015 was successfully completed in June 2022.